Automobile-seat



H. G. LATIMER, in. AUTOMOBILE SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.9.1919.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

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H. G. LATIMER, 111.

AUTOMOBILE SEAT.

APPL1CAT10N FILED 1,111.9. 1919.

1 ,8 1 2,501 Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

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HENRY GOULD LATIMER, JR., OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

AUTOMOBILE-SEAT.

Seat, of which the following is a specification.

Many who drive automobiles lack size toV comfortably handle the brakes and clutches without sitting forward on the drivers `seat and therefore require for comfort the use of a pillow or cushion back of them and in front of the usual cushion of the seat back.

The general object of my invention is to provide Van automobile drivers seat in which the back cushion is adjustable forward or back independently of the seat to thereby accommodate the seat and back to drivers of different sizes.

More specifically, the invention has for its object to provide the adjustable back cushion with rigid supporting means having floor support and means to effec-t an interlocked engagement between the seat and the supporting means of the back cushion in any given adjustment of the back.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciication, it being understood that the draw ings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a sectional plan view of portions of an automobile and front seats including a drivers seat embodying my invention in one form;

Fig. 2 is-a partly sectional side elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front View thereof;

Fig. 4 is a front view illustrating a modification; v

Fig. 5 is a partly sectional side elevation thereof.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the seat proper 10 has support in any approved manner on the automobile body 11. The back cushion of the drivers seat designated generally by the numeral 12 is independent of the back cushion 13 of the adjacent seat. The cushion 12 has its individual back 14 in front of the rigid back 15 common to the front seats. Said cushion 12 has floor support in a manner to permit it to be adjusted forward or back relatively to the seat proper 10 for which purpose in Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted Aug; 5, 1919.

Application led January 9, 1919.

Serial No. 270,336.

the illustrated example, I provide rigid legs 16 fastened in any suitable manner to the back 14 and extending downwardly past the seat 10 and below the latter, means being provided to aord the legs floor support in the automobile. On each leg 16 a toe or forwardly extending member is formed, projectingbeneath the under side of the seat 10 a desired distance. The toe 17 and the seat 10 are provided with interlocking` inem bers to engage each other in any adjusted position of the cushion 12. In the form shown teeth 18 are formed on the toe 17 at the upper surface and mating teeth 19 are formed on the under side of a bar or plate 20 rigid with the bottom 21 of the seat 10. Two or more legs are employed in practice and each presents at the bottom a heel 22 which is afforded support in a grooved guide 23 extending longitudinally of the floor of the body. If the size of the car and relative height of the seats require it, the grooved guide 23 may be secured to a block 24 rigid with the floor 25 to thus elevate said guide above the iioor as shown. The seat 10 has vertical slots 26 extending from the rear edge of the seat forwardly a distance within the limits of adjustment desired for the cushion 12 relatively to seat 10.

With the described construction the slots 26 will accommodate the legs 16 and thereby permit of the legs and the cushion 12 being adjusted forward or back relatively to the front of the seat 10.

I provide spring means acting on the cushion 12 or on a part rigid therewith and tending to maintain the toe 17 in interlocked engagement with the bar 20. As one example of spring means for the purpose, I have indicated a retractile spring 27 which may be employed in any Suitable number, said spring being shown as disposed between the back 14 of cushion 12 and the fixed seat back 15 and thereby tending to slightly incline the cushion 12 and hold the toe 17 in locked position as indicated in full lines, Fig. 2.

To adjust the cushion 12 forwardly from the full line position, the cushion 12 is rocked with the lower end of the heel 22 as a center, thereby disengaging the teeth 18 and 19 and permitting the legs 1G and cushion 12 to be moved forwardly. A release of the cushion enables the reaction of the spring 27 to restore the toe 17 to the locking position.

It will be observed that each leg 16 is offset laterally at its lower portion so that the members 17 and heels 22 lie at one side of the slots 26.

In the form shown in Figs. 4 and `5,the legs 16L extend straight to the heels 22"L instead of being offset and the forwardly extending toe members 17a of a pair of legs 16"L are made without teeth and joined by a` cross bar 18a which is adapted to engage with teeth 19il corresponding with the teeth 19 and disposed on elements on the under side of bars or plates 20u secured to the fixed seat 21a at the under side. The back 12a is secured to the seat 16a in any suitable man-Y ner and the seat 10a is formed with slots 26a corresponding with the slots 26 to receive said legs as the back is adjusted forwardly;

Instead of providing retractile springs 27 between the back 12a and the'fixed seat back 15a as in the rst described construction, I provide springs 27a beneath the members 17L and movable forward and back there- V with, said'springs' in the illustrated example being* seated in the grooved guides 232L pro-` vided On the blocks 24a on the'bottom 25 of the machine. back 12a may be rocked with the lowerends 22:l as a center to stress the'spr'ngs 27 a and disengage the bar-18a from the teeth 19a; said reaction of the'spring tending to stress upwardly onA the members 17 a for locking the baclrin the adjusted position.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated examples constitute practical enibodiments of r4my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since vmanifestly the same can be considerably varied without departurefrom the spirit of the invention as defined inthe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to 'secure by Letters Patent: j'

1. An automobile seat and a back cushion therefor having supporting means extending below said seat to havefloor support inde-I pendently of the seat, said'cushion and its supporting means beingmovable forward or` back relatively to said seat to dispose said cushion different distances from the front 0f the seat for accommodating drivers of different' sizes.

2. An automobile `seat and a back cushion therefor having supporting means extendingV below said seat to have floor support independently of the seat, said cushion and its supporting means being movable forward or back relatively to said seat to dispose said cushion different distances from the front of the seat for accommodating drivers of dif-V Thus', the legs l16a with the ferent sizes Vtogether with adjustable means relatively to the seat, legs rigid with said back andadapted to support the latter, said slots being'adapted toz accommodate saidv legs in the adjustment of the cushioned back, and "means to'lock said'baclr Vinany adjusted position.

5. An automobile seat having longitudinal4 slots extending forwardly therein from the rear edge thereof, a cushion back for said seat and movable forward or back relatively tothe seat, legs rigid with said vbaclrfand adapted to support theylatter, said slotsV being Yadapted to accommodate said legs in the adjustment of the cushioned back, means to lock said back in any adjusted position,y

and spring means tending-to hold said back in theloclred position and yielding to permit release of said back-for adjustingthe same.

6. An automobile seatl and a cushioned back therefor adjustable forward or backward relatively tothe front edge of said, seat, legs rigid with said back and adapted to rockably support fthe'latter -topermit of the same being tilted relativelyto thel plane of theseat, coacting-elementsV on lthe seat and 'legs adapted to interlock for holding the cushion, the back, and the legs thereofin Y adjusted position, spring-means tend-l ing to maintain the back in adjusted posijtion with said coacting elements interloclred. j

7. `An automobile seatV and a cushioned back therefor adjustable forwardtorback# ward relatively to the front edge of vsaid seat, legs rigid with said back and adapted to rockably support the latter to permit of the same being tilted relatively to the plane of the seat, members on said seat having teeth at the under side, means rigid with the legs and adapted to engage withsaidteeth,

and spring means tending to hold said back said teeth in Ven- Y in adjusted 'position with gagement. j t

HENRY GOULD' LATIMER, JR.

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